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Nick Venable

'As Religious As Nobody Wants This': Star Of New Faith-Based TV Drama It's Not Like That Explains Why It's A Show For 'All Humans'

Erinn Hayes' Lori sitting in church in It's Not Like That.

The topics of faith and religion have nearly always been reflected on TV at any given point in the medium’s history, but with far less frequency than other facets of culture. That tide’s shift has been more noticeable in the digital age, however, thanks in part to dedicated services like the subscription-based Wonder Project. The platform’s first scripted series hitting the 2026 TV schedule is the Amazon MGM-produced family drama It’s Not Like That, but star Erinn Hayes doesn’t want potential viewers to think each episode is a catechism class.

With a career largely invested in comedic work for projects such as Childrens Hospital, Worst Week and Grimsberg, Hayes hasn’t yet made her mark as the matriarch in a romance-tinged family-friendly drama. (Let's not forget her comedic matriarch's fan-angering exit from Kevin Can Wait back in 2017.) But It’s Not Like That could certainly be a game-changer in that respect, and the actress told US Weekly why she thinks this is a show for everyone, saying:

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